Draft letter, from Sir John Herschel to Thomas Romney Robinson, dated at [Collingwood]
Reference number: HS/14/378
Date: 11 May 1850
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Draft letter. Discusses the possibility of a large reflecting telescope being constructed for observation of the southern heavens.
- Reference number
- HS/14/378
- Earliest possible date
- 11 May 1850
- Page extent
- 2 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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John Frederick William Herschel, Draft letter, from Sir John Herschel to Thomas Romney Robinson, dated at [Collingwood], 11 May 1850, HS/14/378, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_14_378/draft-letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-thomas-romney-robinson-dated-at-collingwood, accessed on 08 May 2026
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This item is part of:
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Correspondence of Sir John Frederick William Herschel
1812-1870 Creator: John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS -
Correspondence of John Frederick William Herschel: volume 14 Pogson-R miscellaneous
1810-1871 Reference number: HS/14
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John Frederick William Herschel
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Thomas Romney Robinson
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